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   John_of_All_Trades | Oct 28, 1999 04:10am | #1

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   My experience has been that the better arrangement is a doorstop attached either to the baseboard or the door, whichever is the most convenient. Unless the decor dictates, I prefer the heavy duty spring stops (Stanley among others) and I mount them wherever must so that they meet the door squarely. I have never been a fan of the hingepin stops and one only need look at a few doors where they have been installed to see why. Those doors usually have a sprung jamb or a hole in the back of the door caused by the door being opened further than it should be by someone who doesn't feel the resistance of the stop. If all else fails and the hingepin stops are the only option, I would put them on every hinge to spread the load of the opening force as much as possible. Good luck.

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   Guest_ | Oct 28, 1999 05:14am | #2

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   Mike S,

   They make a variety of different types of door stops because there are a variety of different applications.

   We use the post type in the base most often. We also use the floor mount type when needed and the hinge pin kind only when we have to. The door will usually dictate what you need.

   Ed. Williams

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   Guest_ | Oct 28, 1999 07:28am | #3

   *Mike, I would have to agree with John and Ed. I trim a lot of new houses, and when doing the punchouts I only use hinge bumpers if neccesary. Many doors have been damaged by them. Baseboard is the wat to go if you ask me.

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   Ralph_Wicklund | Oct 28, 1999 07:37am | #4

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   Mike - and others, a retorical question: Why do we use door stops? To keep the door knob from punching a hole in the wall, right? Have you tried the plastic circle that tapes directly to the wall at door knob height? The plastic can be painted and hides nicely, unless of course your walls are wood or wainscoted, doesn't catch on the dustmop or vacuum cleaner and doesn't require holes in your finished woodwork or doors or mar the finish like the hinge pin type does. Anybody have positive or negative thoughts about this? Thanks, Ralph

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   Guest_ | Oct 28, 1999 08:23am | #5

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   Noooo... to hinge pins and wall-mounted gizmos. On the former, they ruined half the jambs in our house by ripping out the screws, on the latter they'll punch through as merrily as the knobs unless there is solid blocking in the wall. Myself, I don't blast doors open, but kids and others do. So go with the baseboard, whether the stick is there or on the door. You can also get the cleat type Ed mentions that screw to the floor; these can't be ripped out by accidentally stepping on one and are quite strong. I've used a couple of "Cushion Catch" stops that also hold the door open if desired.

   We have plaster walls anyway. It would take a heck of a whack to make a hole. Ah, the good old days.

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   Mel_Fros | Nov 03, 1999 05:29pm | #6

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   I prefer floor-mounted brass or wall-mounted plastic units.
   If wall-mounted, there should be a 2x backup behind the sheet rock. Be sure to fasten the plastic stop with a screw long enough to reach into the 2x , because "self-adhering" just does not work in the long run.

   Baseboad-mounted units look ugly and are hard to clean.
   Sometimes they bend.

   Mel

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   Guest_ | Nov 04, 1999 12:01am | #7

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   A note that might be of interest. (If not, just scroll down and ignore me.)

   To put the least stress on the hinges, install your door stop 2/3 the distance from the hinge to the door edge.

   Any closer to the hinge and when the door hits the stop, it tends to pull the hinges out into the room the door is swinging into.

   Any closer to the strike edge and the door will tend to push the hinge the other way when it hits the strike.

   Swing a stick and hit something with the end and you will hurt your hand. Swing a stick and hit something near your hand and you will hurt your hand. Swing a stick and hit something 2/3 from your hand and you're fine.

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   Guest_ | Nov 04, 1999 12:51am | #8

   *Interesting ... but no physics calculations? Show your work!

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   Guest_ | Nov 04, 1999 02:49am | #10

   *The sweet spot on the baseball bat.Rich Beckman

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   Guest_ | Nov 04, 1999 02:49am | #9

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   Any "words of wisdom" for which type of doorstop to use and where to mount it?
   I've seen the post type typicaly screwed in to the baseboard, but I've also seen it mounted on the door ( the guy said it made cleaning the floor easier. Then there's the hinge pin type. Do they damage the hinges? If you use only one which hinge do you use? Ives recommends using 2 per door.

   Any comments?

   Thanks, Mike